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Bhagavan Ramana, personally advised and/or supervised constructionof Samadhi for certain self realized souls. There are four such instances. First, in the case of Seshadri Swami. He told Swami'sdevotees about how to dig a pit and construct a Samadhi for Swami.He referred to Tirumoolar's Tiru Mandiram for the methods. TiruMoolar is a great Tamil Yogi, who has written a book on yoga sastracalled Tiru Mandiram, comprising of 3000 songs. He is a Siva Yogi.Tirumandiram forms the 10th book of Saiva Canons. Bhagavan alsostayed for hours during the Samadhi ceremony of Seshadri Swami.

The second was in the case of Mother Azagamamma. The third wasin the case of Mastan, a Muslim. He is an illiterate who came withAkhilandamma to see Bhagavan, from Desur, a village about 60 kmsfrom Tiruvannamalai. Mastan fell into a trance on seeing Bhagavan.His Samadhi is in Desur. The fourth case was that of Cow Lakshmi.

There were also occasions where Bhagavan suggested to dig a pitand construct a Samadhi. Two such cases are those of Echammaland Mudaliar Patti.